''Secaucus'' is the second album by the American rock band
The Wrens, released in 1996. ''Secaucus'' is named for the city in which it was recorded,
Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus ( ) is a Town (New Jersey), town in Hudson County, New Jersey, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 22,181, an increase of 5,917 (+36.4%) from the 2010 United St ...
.
[ The Wrens were signed to ]major label
"Big Three" music labels
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Grass Records for the album; Grass dropped the band after they refused to be forced into a new contract. The Wrens' follow-up to ''Secaucus'', '' The Meadowlands'', was released seven years later, in 2003.
Critical reception
'' Spin'' deemed ''Secaucus'' a "Pixies-lovin’ garage-pop grab-bag." ''Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who, Dave Schulps, and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' wrote: "The album displays the Wrens’ newly impressive range, from the racing shamble of the opening 'Yellow Number Three' and the glammy, vamping 'Built in Girls' to 'I'll Mind You', which is an ambient, spacey instrumental."Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became a ...
, in ''The Village Voice
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'', wrote that "the sonic turf is far broader than most indie bands ever dare, and there's a relationship sequence in the middle that lays on the hurt--'I've Made Enough Friends', killer." ''The Philadelphia Inquirer
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'' wrote that the album "combines artful '60s pop and razor-sharp, late-'70s new wave."
Track listing
References
External links
Lyrics at the Wrens Official Site
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1996 albums
The Wrens albums
Secaucus, New Jersey